but last year for the first time in history, the return to the Treasury exceeded the cost not only of the sales program but also those of the other nonrevenue producing services of the Office, and that, we anticipate, will again be the case this year. Even with the inclusion of the $200,000 reserve contingency fund we are asking for this year, we estimate that the earnings we will have for 1962 would still substantially exceed all the funds appropriated for our operations.

Mr. STEED. I think it would be very interesting if you could highlight some of these figures for the last several years so we could have an idea of what is the story.

Mr. ADDISON. Mr. Chairman, would you want the total appropriation and the amount of earnings?

Mr. STEED. I think that would be helpful.

Mr. BUCKLEY. For 1960 the total appropriation for our office was $3,520,350, and against that figure the earnings were $4,109,562. This is the amount which, under the law, is turned over to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

For the present fiscal year the amount of our appropriation is $4,044,327, and the amount we estimate will be turned into the Treasury as earnings for the current year is $4,900,000.

Mr. STEED. And you are asking for a total of $4,724,000?

Mr. BUCKLEY. That is for the next year, 1962. For fiscal year 1962 we are asking for a total of $4,724,000, and the best estimate te we can make at the present time is that our earnings for that year will be $5,600,000.

GAO AUDIT REPORT

Mr. STEED. It is my understanding that in the GAO audit report for 1960 there was some variation between their figures and yours. Are you familiar with that?

Mr. BUCKLEY. Mr. Gleason, can you comment on that?

Mr. GLEASON. We know of no such variation in the audit figures of 1960.

Mr. STEED. Would it be possible for you to check on that and if there is a variation give us a statement for the record that will clear it up?

Mr. BUCKLEY. We certainly will, Mr. Chairman.

There are no differences between the financial statements of the General Accounting Office in its audit report for the fiscal year 1960 and our financial recording and reporting for the sales program or the appropriated funds. There is a difference of $6,002 in a statistical report of the cost distribution to the sales program between that prepared by the General Accounting Office and this Office, due to the use of a different basis of computation. The method used by this Office has, however, been approved by the General Accounting Office and in no way affects the totals of earnings for return to the Treasury that we have reported.

WORKIOAD ESTIMATES FOR BASIC 1962 REQUEST

Mr. STEED. I think in further regard to the $200,000 item, we will include the first tabulation on page 122 of the committee print in the record. That will show the workloads on which your basic appropriation request is founded, as one basis for measuring any use of the $200,000 if it is granted.

Mr. STEED. Can you explain the policy regarding your postage cost to us?

Mr. BUCKLEY. Yes, sir. Since the passage of the law in 1953 that provided for the payment of postage by all agencies of the Government, we pay the Post Office Department on a quarterly basis for all the mailings made by the Superintendent of Documents. The mailing of publications to those who have purchased them is an item that is taken care of in pricing the publications and is not covered by appropriated funds. The only postage cost we ask for in the appropriation is that for handling official correspondence.

We get between 15,000 and 20,000 letters a day and 5,000 to 8,000 would be inquiries about publications which must be acknowledged and answered.

Mr. STEED. Every day?

Mr. BUCKLEY. Yes. Our incoming mail has been running between 15,000 and 20,000 letters a day since the 1st of January.

Mr. ADDISON. On page 122 the total listed under letters of inquiry will give an idea of what we mean by official correspondence. These are not orders but people asking "What do you have on this?" or "Could you send me a pricelist on this subject?" or things in that area. That is apart from the handling of orders.

Mr. STEED. It is your feeling that the adding of postage to the cost of the item is the best way to pass that on to the buyer rather than to have it in the regular appropriation?

Mr. BUCKLEY. We feel it is a proper item of cost and it saves a considerable amount of detailed handling. It avoids the use of postage meters, for example. It has worked very well. The prices of Government publications as provided by law are very nominal. Very seldom do we have any complaints that the cost of Government publications is too high.

PRICING OF PUBLICATIONS

Mr. STEED. What does the law require in the pricing of these documents?

Mr. BUCKLEY. It requires that the price shall be determined by the cost of the publication as determined by the Public Printer plus a markup of 50 percent.

Mr. STEED. Mr. Horan.

Mr. HORAN. No questions.
Mr. STEED. Mr. Bow.

Mr. Bow. No questions, thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. STEED. You make a very good showing here for your operations. It is encouraging to know that you are in the black, as the business house would consider it.

ANNOTATED CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

There is one other point we would like to discuss with you. The Library of Congress is asking for a new appropriation to bring up to date the Annotated Constitution of the United States, last published in 1953. I believe you stock that for sale?

Mr. BUCKLEY. Yes, we do.

Mr. STEED. We were told one reason for redoing it was that your supply was low and the question was whether to reprint the old edition or wait for the new edition. Can you state what your supply is and what the demand has been the last year or two?

Mr. BUCKLEY. Mr. Steed, we last reprinted this volume in October 1959. At that time we reprinted and placed on sale 6,000 copies. Our available supply as of today is around 1,900. So, since October of 1959 we have sold a little over 4,000. We placed on sale in October 1959, 6,000 copies, and we have left about 1,900 as of today.

Mr. STEED. What price do you charge for those?

Mr. BUCKLEY. $7.75 each.

Mr. STEED. Do you think, if we decide to recodify and issue a new volume, that the supply you have on hand would hold you until the new issue became available?

Mr. BUCKLEY. I believe it would. I do not think we would want to go into another reprint with a new issue pending. It is a very fine publication and one for which there is a continuing demand. There will always be a demand from law students as it is more or less a textbook.

PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES

Mr. ADDISON. Mr. Chairman, I wonder if we could supplement for the record the explanation of permanent and temporary employees? Mr. STEED. I think it would be appropriate if you detailed that. Mr. BUCKLEY. We shall be glad to provide a statement about that. (The following was supplied:)

This committee had, in prior fiscal years through 1960, authorized a total number of permanent positions to a maximum of 486 for fiscal year 1960. The 25 additional positions authorized for fiscal year 1961 provided for an increase in the total number of permanent positions to 511. The figure of 463 listed on page 122 of the committee print is the actual for fiscal year 1960 against the authorized maximum for that year of 486. This is indicated in the table shown below:

The additional amount of $125,000, which we are requesting for temporary, intermittent, and overtime compensation for fiscal year 1962, will have no effect on increasing the number of permanent positions previously authorized by this committee in the maximum number of 511.

An item related to this, which also may be of interest, is that the restrictions included in the requested appropriation language change would insure that no part of the $200,000 reserve for contingencies could be used in any way to increase the number of permanent positions.

Mr. STEED. Any further questions?

Gentlemen, we want to congratulate you on a job well done.

Mr. BUCKLEY. Thank you for the opportunity of coming. It is a pleasure to be here.

THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1961.

PRINTING AND BINDING

WITNESSES

JAMES L. HARRISON, PUBLIC PRINTER

FELIX E. CRISTOFANE, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE

Mr. STEED. The committee will be in order.

We have with us today the Public Printer, Mr. James L. Harrison. Mr. Harrison, we are very delighted to have you and your staff with us this morning.

Mr. HARRISON. Thank you.

Mr. STEED. I understand you have a general statement you would like to make, and after that we will have some questions. You may proceed.

GENERAL STATEMENT

Mr. HARRISON. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, it is a pleasure for me to have this opportunity to appear before you today and to continue the fine associations which I was fortunate to have with Congress during my service on the staff of the Joint Committee on Printing.

I am most appreciative of the committee's consideration in deferring my appearance before it, because of commitments made prior to my assuming office. I also appreciate the courtesy shown by the committee to our Superintendent of Documents and members of his staff who were permitted to appear earlier in support of the appropriation for the Office of the Superintendent of Documents.

I have personally reviewed the $658,000 supplemental appropriation request which has been submitted by the Superintendent of Documents and believe that this amount is needed in order to fulfill the steadily increasing work and service requirements in that office. The $200,000 reserve amount included in this $658,000 supplemental request will be under my close surveillance and no funds will be spent from that amount without my personal approval. Should this amount be appropriated, I want to assure you that we will keep within the intent of Congress and only make expenditures when they are required by a volume increase in the workload of that office. As has been previously explained by the Superintendent of Documents when he appeared before you, the increased workload cannot be foreseen in advance and includes the cost of the sales program; the compilation and issuance of catalogs and indexes of Government publications; the distribution of publications to depository libraries; the distribution of publications for other Government agencies; and the distribution for Members of Congress of their quotas of such publications as Farmers' Bulletins and Soil Survey Reports. These functions are required by law.

This year we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Printing Office. We are now planning a program for this celebration and I would like to take this opportunity to invite each of you to visit with us and see, firsthand, how we produce the printing for many of the activities of our Government.

I feel that it would be appropriate at this time to mention some of the things which I would like to accomplish at the Printing Office. I would also like to state what type of operation and the kind of service I believe we should provide Congress and the Government agencies.

During the past few months, the staff of our Office suffered the loss through death of two persons in key positions. This resulted in a need for reorganization of the staff of the planning and production offices which involved a number of top personnel of the Office. This reorganization is now completed and I am very well pleased with the caliber of men which I was able to select for these positions.

As you know, the Printing Office was established primarily to serve the needs of Congress and this will always be our first consideration.